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Jointly founding the Salad graphic design and digital consultancy in 2001 – aged 26 and with a background in fashion – I am living proof that, starting with just passion and a creative spark, anything is possible. The classic entrepreneurial success story, Salad has grown from humble beginnings to the award-winning agency it is today, with a team of 13 and working with the likes of Greene King, Olives et Al, Salomon and the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race. Alongside Salad, I have been instrumental in the launch in 2007 of another venture, Pasture Naturals – which has since shown significant growth and established itself in the luxury washroom product market.

I firmly believe in power of intuition, enthusiasm and sheer hard graft. Above all, though, I am convinced that the most important ingredient is people: I love what I do… the secret has been finding – and putting faith in – lovely, talented people who share that passion. In the early years of Salad I tried so hard to be corporate, slick, polished…. basically, someone I’m not. When I relaxed and started simply being me everything just clicked.

Whilst the commercial objective is success – it will never be success at any cost. As an agency, Salad has never espoused a late night working culture – it’s my belief that, in order to do their jobs to the best of their ability, people need to be happy, to be treated fairly… and to have fun.

It’s a message with which I hope to inspire others – and a key reason why I’m so excited about being a member of Enterprising Women.

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Anne Rivett MBE

What I like about Enterprising Women, in addition to the first class growth support, is that everyone can find someone at their particular level to discuss challenges with and get motivated by. My business is one of the largest in the community, but I regularly get a boost from meeting other inspirational members, especially as I operate almost entirely in a man’s world.